sometimes I think I should cut out the middleman altogether
Just take that freshly made cup of coffee and pour it straight down the toilet. When I was working, I limited myself to one cup a day. Because coffee makes me pee. So I'd get home, have my cuppa, then until dinnertime I'd be off to the toilet every 40 minutes or so. Now that I'm not working, I often still limit myself to the one cup. If I'm planning on going out anywhere, that cup will be had after I get home. If I'm not going out, sometimes I'll have two coffees in one day. But when I'm headed into the bathroom yet again, I wonder why I bothered. Tell myself to drink water instead, or a cup of tea. The problem you see, is the sugar. I like my coffee with sugar. Lots of sugar. With tea I have honey and my bladder is much happier. But I like coffee. And I like it sweet. Here's the odd thing.....if I'm wide awake in the wee early hours, I'll get a cup of sweet coffee and drink it in bed, with a good book or whatever I'm currently r...